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Trial of athlete Oscar Pistorius

Mon 3 Mar 2014

Members of the media stand outside North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, as Oscar Pistorius (27) slips into court through another door to face trial accused of the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The Olympic and Paralympic athlete denies the allegation claiming he mistook Steenkamp for an intruder inside their home on Valentine's Day 2013. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Members of the African National Congress Women's League sing in front of the court house ahead of the trial. Photograph: Mike Hutchings/Reuters

A media scrum as photographers and cameramen record the arrival of Pistorius and Steenkamp family members. Photograph: Kim Ludbrook/EPA

Oscar Pistorius arrives in court. Photograph: Themba Hadebe/EPA/Pool

June Steenkamp, mother of Reeva Steenkamp (l) with unidentified women sits inside the high court in Pretoria. Photograph: Themba Hadebe/EPA